A macro-influencer has a large following — typically 100,000–1M+ — and broad reach across a general or semi-niche audience. In B2B, macro-influencers are rare but powerful when they exist in your exact niche (e.g., a 500K-follower SaaS CEO). For most startups, macro-influencers in adjacent spaces (entrepreneurship, business) deliver expensive impressions with weak ICP concentration. The math rarely works unless you're specifically doing brand building, not direct-response.
For example, a macro-influencer partnership might make sense for a horizontal productivity tool aiming for broad awareness — but for a vertical B2B SaaS, you'd pay 10x the rate for an audience that's 80% outside your ICP.
We evaluate macro-influencer opportunities against their ICP concentration — raw reach without audience quality is an expensive vanity metric.
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Influencer marketing is partnering with content creators who have an engaged audience in your target market to reach that audience through authentic content — as opposed to traditional ads.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a performance-based partnership where affiliates (publishers, influencers, review sites) earn commissions for referring customers.
Creator Economy
The creator economy refers to the ecosystem of independent content creators who monetize their audiences through brand deals, affiliate revenue, subscriptions, and merchandise — operating as media businesses.
User-Generated Content (UGC)
UGC is content created by customers, users, or fans of a product — reviews, social posts, testimonials, case study videos — rather than the brand itself.
Micro-Influencer
A micro-influencer is a creator with a smaller but highly engaged audience — typically 1,000–100,000 followers.
Reach
Reach is the total number of unique accounts that saw a piece of content — distinct from impressions, which count multiple views by the same person.